# Parental pay will be extended to the self-employed father and partners in PM’s ‘everyday fixes’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/parental-pay-will-be-extended-to-the-self-employed-father-and-partners-in-pms-everyday-fixes/
- Published: 2026-10-26T23:04:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T23:12:41+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16240911/Parental-pay-extended-self-employed-father.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Culture, Food, World

## Key points

- Parental pay will cover 150,000 more fathers and partners.
- Self-employed recipients will get two weeks’ support worth nearly £400.
- Tariff changes are expected to cut grocery costs by about 40p a week.

## Summary

The Government has announced measures intended to ease household costs, including extending parental pay to self-employed fathers and partners. The changes form part of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s “everyday fixes” ahead of Wednesday’s Budget, though the expected savings on some groceries are modest.

A further 150,000 fathers or partners will become eligible for two weeks of support worth nearly £400. The Treasury also plans to keep the tax-free mileage rate at 55p for the first 10,000 miles and raise the rate above that to 35p, while removing import levies on some foods is expected to save shoppers about 40p a week. Separate reports say the minimum wage for workers aged 21 and over could rise by 3.9 per cent to £13.20 an hour; the rate for 18- to 20-year-olds is expected to reach £11.27.

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